Rule change upsets past Walleye Weekend hole-in-one winner

9:52 PM,
May 16, 2014

Jeff Lehner of Fond du Lac poses with his golf club at Whispering Springs Golf Club. Lehner has won three boats over the past decade at the Mercury Million-Dollar Hole-in-One Shootout at Walleye Weekend. Due to a rule change enacted this year, Lehner won't qualify to win the boat or a trip if he is closest to the pin. However, he can still win the hole-in-one prizes: A new car, a new truck or the million-dollar jackpot.

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A change in the Walleye Weekend Hole-In-One Shootout has upset at least one past winner.

Starting this year, anyone who won the closest-to-the-pin prize - usually a trip or a boat - in the previous two events won't be able to qualify for those prizes this year or next year. They can still win the $1 million jackpot, but if they land closest to the pin they could walk away empty handed.

Jeff Lehner is one of those individuals. The Fond du Lac man said he won a set of golf clubs many years ago and won the boat in 2005, 2012 and 2013. He said Walleye Weekend organizer Fond du Lac Festivals informed him of the ...